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"My child has a breath in his heart, he can not do sport!"

Contrary to popular belief, most children who have a heart murmur can play sports. Sport is good for health in general and for children in particular.

Can cardiac children also play sports?

This is false

Yet, the heart breath is anchored in the memory of many parents as the sign of a serious heart disease. But a sick heart must not be tired. Starting from this presupposition, with a breath in the heart, it is necessary to make the least effort possible and therefore especially no sport.

However, since these beliefs of the last century, ideas and knowledge on this issue have evolved. At that time, the doctor only had his stethoscope to examine people.

It is an unusual noise that the doctor hears in his stethoscope by auscultating the child. Usually, the beating heart does, schematically, "Poum-Ta". But it can do "Poum-pshh." The "pshh" is the breath, why the noise The blood circulating in the heart is a liquid that can be compared to the water of a creek. When the bottom is filled with rocks and the current is strong, there are eddies and water makes noise. Blood is much the same, there is a lot of eddies in the heart, and the blood that is ejected out of the heart under high pressure makes noise. .

The only way to be sure that it is only a noise and nothing else, is to do what is called a cardiac doppler ultrasound (a non-painful ultrasound examination that is Practiced in the office of the cardiologist). When this examination is normal, your child's heart is normal and there is no need to control it at a later date. So there's no problem doing sports! The breath was just a stray noise and nothing else (much like frying on the phone line).

Caution, keep the results of this exam carefully: if another doctor hears this breath again, you can show him the results of the cardiac Doppler ultrasound.

Most heart children are operated very young and then lead a normal life. In any case, if your child has been operated from the heart and is old enough to play sports, the easiest way is to ask the cardiologist for advice.

Before the era of antibiotics, heart murmurs were, most of the time, due to poorly treated angina. Other times, other mores, the angina are now well cared for. They do not cause any more breath in the heart!